Jeremiah 10:3-10

3 afor the customs of the peoples are vanity.
Or vapor, or mist

cA tree from the forest is cut down
and worked with an axe by the hands of a craftsman.
4 dThey decorate it with silver and gold;
ethey fasten it with hammer and nails
so that it cannot move.
5Their idols
Hebrew They
are like scarecrows in a cucumber field,
and gthey cannot speak;
hthey have to be carried,
for they cannot walk.
Do not be afraid of them,
ifor they cannot do evil,
neither is it in them to do good.”
6 jThere is none like you, O Lord;
you are great, and your name is great in might.
7 kWho would not fear you, O King of the nations?
For this is your due;
for among all the wise ones of the nations
and in all their kingdoms
there is none like you.
8 lThey are both mstupid and foolish;
the instruction of idols is but wood!
9 nBeaten silver is brought from oTarshish,
and gold from pUphaz.
qThey are the work of the craftsman and of the hands of the goldsmith;
their clothing is violet and purple;
rthey are all the work of skilled men.
10 sBut the Lord is the true God;
the is the living God and the everlasting King.
At his wrath the earth quakes,
and the nations cannot endure his indignation.
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